The Right to Live, the Right to Die
- ISBN-10
- 0842355936
- ISBN-13
- 9780842355933
- Category
- Medical ethics
- Pages
- 124
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers
- Author
- Charles Everett Koop
Description
Famous pediatric surgeon, and eventual U.S. Surgeon General, gives his views on death and euthanasia.
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